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:I was always taught that punctuation is placed within quotes, regardless of context or content (with a few rare exceptions, none of which I've seen used here). I've used that method for years in my work, and it's what I pass on to my students. However, if you have any lingering questions, I would ask [[User:Aschlafly]], since he's who I've turned to for help with other issues. [[User:KevinDavis|Kevin Davis]] <sup>[[User talk:KevinDavis|Talk]]</sup> 10:22, 9 September 2011 (EDT) | :I was always taught that punctuation is placed within quotes, regardless of context or content (with a few rare exceptions, none of which I've seen used here). I've used that method for years in my work, and it's what I pass on to my students. However, if you have any lingering questions, I would ask [[User:Aschlafly]], since he's who I've turned to for help with other issues. [[User:KevinDavis|Kevin Davis]] <sup>[[User talk:KevinDavis|Talk]]</sup> 10:22, 9 September 2011 (EDT) | ||
::[http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/quotation_%28speech%29_marks_punctuation_in_or_out.htm Looking briefly] online, it appears it is more of a UK/US thing, and looking at some of my critical books it seems to be a pre-1980 (logic) vs post-1980 (uniform). [[User:Ottava|Ottava]] ([[user talk:Ottava|talk]]) 10:47, 9 September 2011 (EDT) | ::[http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/quotation_%28speech%29_marks_punctuation_in_or_out.htm Looking briefly] online, it appears it is more of a UK/US thing, and looking at some of my critical books it seems to be a pre-1980 (logic) vs post-1980 (uniform). [[User:Ottava|Ottava]] ([[user talk:Ottava|talk]]) 10:47, 9 September 2011 (EDT) | ||
| + | :::As my education has always been in the US, perhaps that's why I defer to it. I would always use the US standard, since that's my personal preference, but if you choose to alternate between them, it would make sense to use the US standard for American web sites (of which this site is an example) and the UK standard for UK sites. [[User:KevinDavis|Kevin Davis]] <sup>[[User talk:KevinDavis|Talk]]</sup> 12:40, 9 September 2011 (EDT) | ||
Revision as of 16:40, September 9, 2011
I want to start correcting misspelled words
- Go right ahead. --Ed Poor Talk 13:30, 19 August 2011 (EDT)
- Thank you. I have a script searching for commonly misspelled words at the moment. Hopefully it will return something. KevinDavis 09:38, 20 August 2011 (EDT)
Spell check
In case of essays where it says no other contributions, I think minor spelling corrections are fine. Karajou 11:28, 19 August 2011 (EDT)
- Ok thank you. I'll refrain if a correction would change the meaning at all (I don't know why it would, but still). KevinDavis 09:37, 20 August 2011 (EDT)
RE:James Bond?
Yes, that is correct.--GOPFan2011 13:40, 5 September 2011 (EDT)
Style
Regarding this: there are two ways to approach quotes and punctuation. One format (which I prefer) is to only have the quotes represent the quote punctuation, i.e. if there is a comma or period at the end of the quote then put that punctuation, if not leave punctuation outside of the quote. Some others prefer to have all punctuation within a quote. One is based on quotation correctness logic, the other is based on uniformity. Which does Conservapedia prefer so that can be established (or you'll have to be doing a lot of changes to switch it over :) )? I do have a program that can swap the punctuation more easily so I can handle some of it without a problem. Ottava (talk) 10:19, 9 September 2011 (EDT)
- I was always taught that punctuation is placed within quotes, regardless of context or content (with a few rare exceptions, none of which I've seen used here). I've used that method for years in my work, and it's what I pass on to my students. However, if you have any lingering questions, I would ask User:Aschlafly, since he's who I've turned to for help with other issues. Kevin Davis Talk 10:22, 9 September 2011 (EDT)
- Looking briefly online, it appears it is more of a UK/US thing, and looking at some of my critical books it seems to be a pre-1980 (logic) vs post-1980 (uniform). Ottava (talk) 10:47, 9 September 2011 (EDT)
- As my education has always been in the US, perhaps that's why I defer to it. I would always use the US standard, since that's my personal preference, but if you choose to alternate between them, it would make sense to use the US standard for American web sites (of which this site is an example) and the UK standard for UK sites. Kevin Davis Talk 12:40, 9 September 2011 (EDT)
- Looking briefly online, it appears it is more of a UK/US thing, and looking at some of my critical books it seems to be a pre-1980 (logic) vs post-1980 (uniform). Ottava (talk) 10:47, 9 September 2011 (EDT)